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Agility 125 / One handed seat open mod
« on: September 06, 2021, 04:15:56 AM »
I dunno if this bugs anyone else but I kept finding myself wanting to open the underseat storage compartment on my agility 125 with one hand, like I am holding something (helmet, groceries, etc) but you have to lift the seat at the same time as turn the key to open it.

So I stuck a couple small springs under the latch hook and now it pops up slightly above the latch when I turn the key, allowing me to open it *after* turning the key instead of simultaneously.

In case the photo isn’t viewable, I just loosened the bolts holding the latch hook to the underside of the seat, Jammed the first couple coils of some small springs under it, and tightened it back down to hold the springs in place. I also put some tape on the ends of the coils to help them stay in alignment because the lip of the compartment they push against is narrow and they kept wanting to slide off.

That’s it! This has been my biggest gripe about the agility so far and it was so easy to improve.

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Agility 125 / Variator tuning/upgrade?
« on: September 06, 2021, 02:20:53 AM »
I’m messing with tuning my agility for the riding I’m doing - I live in the mountains and I’m mostly riding on steep gravel roads and even trails. It does OK but it really seems to have a dip in the RPM curve at midrange speeds - right where I spend a lot of time when I’m climbing hills. Like, RPMs start out in a good power band when starting out and climbing really steep stuff at low speeds, but as ground speed gets into the 20-40 MPH range the engine seems to bog down, and Rpms drop until I get to the top of the variator’s range, above 40 mph,  when they speed up again. I put some 13g rollers in and it seems to help increase that low speed takeoff even more, but didn’t do much for the midrange where I really want it. I don’t want to lose my top end speed because I do ride it on the (rural) highway sometimes and being able to hit 50-55 is pretty useful.  Am I better off getting an aftermarket variator than messing with the stock one? I was looking at dr pulley, malossi, polini variators, would any of them be better than the others? The DR pulley claims a wider range of variation, does anyone have experience that can confirm that claim?

Thanks!

Included is a photo on a trail I ride regularly (it’s the back way to town from my house, and climbs about 800 ft in 1.5 miles)

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